The Civil War in New Orleans: Secession to Farragut

The Civil War in New Orleans Book One begins the story of the city and region during the period that led up to the war, secession and the first year of the conflict. Detailed are the city's contributions and the hardships the ordinary citizens endured during that time. It also recounts the roll its young men played and the sacrifices they made in battles like Manassas and Shiloh. But it is more than battles. The story follows the process, sometimes tainted by chicanery, of how the State seceded from the Union. It introduces familiar names like Beauregard, Farragut and Butler. But there are others who will become familiar. One is a black captain in the First Native Guard Regiment named Andre' Cailloux who will heroically lead his men into combat and die in the effort. There is also his wife, Fèlice, who, although born a slave, taught the classics at one of the first school for black children in America. We'll also meet Sarah Morgan, who penned The Diary of a Confederate Girl, and chronicled the events she witnessed during the chaotic evacuation of the city when Farragut's fleet arrived. Whether black, white, Rebel or Yankee; it is our history.